HB0090

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0417 Bill No.: HB0090 Effective: Immediately LSO No.: 24LSO-0417 Enrolled Act No.: HEA No. 0045 Chapter No.: 112 Prime Sponsor: Rodriguez-Williams Catch Title: Newborn child safe havens-age of child. Has Report: No Subject: Relinquishment of newborn children to safe havens. Summary/Major Elements: The purpose of Wyoming’s newborn child safe haven statutes is to provide to a parent of a newborn child the means to relinquish the child so that the child may be cared for and protected in a safe haven. Safe haven providers include fire stations, hospitals, police departments, sheriff’s offices and any other place of shelter and safety identified by the Department of Family Services. This act increases the age of a newborn child who may be relinquished to a safe haven provider from a child who is fourteen (14) days of age or younger (as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty) to a child who is sixty (60) days of age or younger (as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty). The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.